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| 338.1 | A wise move | HSSWS1::GREG | Malice Aforethought | Tue Dec 13 1988 01:46 | 7 |
| re: .0 (Suzie)
Decided it was time to thaw out, eh? Well, mind that
you don't bring the cold weather with you. We Texans
don't take kindly to folks who bring us bad weather. ;^)
- Greg
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| 338.2 | | AMUN::CRITZ | | Tue Dec 13 1988 09:19 | 21 |
| Well, I imagine you're moving to some place like the
Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex or Houston. Anyway, if
you travel west from Ft. Worth, you can drive for
about 160 miles and see nothing but Ranger, Texas
and mesquite.
I really wonder how some of those cowhands lived through
the boredom, blue Northers (you haven't lived until
you've experienced a 50 degree temperature change
in a period of 2 to 3 hours), isolation.
But, I loved the people. Hardy, genuinely helpful. One
old goat roper (rancher) loaned a friend of mine a
car after the friend's car had broken down. All the
rancher told my friend was "bring it back when you're
finished with it." Some really fine people.
Both my daughters are proud to say they were born in
Texas.
Scott (No, I was born in Ohio)
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| 338.3 | | RAINBO::TARBET | | Tue Dec 13 1988 10:55 | 13 |
| Aw Suzie, what'd ya wanna go and do that for!? We'll miss ya.
Watch for the wildflowers that burst into bloom along every roadside in
March/April, it's a *beautiful*, *beautiful* sight, one of the best
in the world.
Be sure to keep your skin well sun-blocked or it'll age 3-5 years for
every one year you spend there.
Try to come back to us?
in Sisterhood,
=maggie
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| 338.4 | | HANDY::MALLETT | Split Decision | Tue Dec 13 1988 11:26 | 13 |
| re: .0
Adios, amigo. Y'all come on back now, y'hear?
re: .1
". . .thaw out. . .We Texans. . ." You must be talkin' 'bout
southeast Texans, son, and we both know Texas is one *big*
country. I mean those north and/or west Texas winters are
cold enough to freeze yer. . .well, I reckon you know what
I mean. . .
Steve
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| 338.5 | real Texan | VIDEO::TEBAY | Natural phenomena invented to order | Tue Dec 13 1988 11:46 | 6 |
| I was "born and bred" in Fort Worth-so its like goin home.
I will be in Austin-which is after all-"God's Country".
Yes Texas has "blue Northers" but they don't last months!
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| 338.6 | | RAINBO::TARBET | | Tue Dec 13 1988 12:02 | 2 |
| You're jiving us just to make us feel better...if you were _really_
from Texas you'd've known it's called Foat Wuth ;')
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| 338.7 | | AMUN::CRITZ | | Tue Dec 13 1988 12:05 | 10 |
| RE: Blue Northers
In all seriousness, I wonder how many cowhands froze to
death on the range when one of those things hit.
I went to college in Abilene. Go to class in the morning
without a jacket and walk home at lunch freezing to death.
Luckily, I only lived half a block from the campus.
Scott
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| 338.8 | A little taste of Texas, Greg-style | HSSWS1::GREG | Malice Aforethought | Tue Dec 13 1988 23:28 | 29 |
| re: .4 (Mallett)
> ". . .thaw out. . .We Texans. . ." You must be talkin' 'bout
> southeast Texans, son, and we both know Texas is one *big*
> country. I mean those north and/or west Texas winters are
> cold enough to freeze yer. . .well, I reckon you know what
> I mean. . .
True enough. But you must admit that even at it's
worst, Texas is a damn site warmer than Ohio or Massachusetts.
(Pardon my French, that's just the way we Texans speak.)
I have also found Texans to be a very helpful and
considerate people, for the most part. It sorta gets
under your skin after a while... even the coldest
crustiest yankees that come down eventually thaw out
a mite. Being considerate is contagious.
I don't claim Texas heritage... my family is from
Tennessee. But Tennessee and Texas have long
been sister-states. I feel a certain kinship with
Texas and the people here... I've only been here about
8.5 years, but in another 1.5 years I will be an
official Houstonian (defined as one who has the right
to call Houston home). I think I was a Texan before
I ever crossed the state line. I'll probably die here.
It's home for me now. I like it fine.
- Greg
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